Photo: Andrew Filer from Seattle (ex-Minneapolis) · CC BY-SA 2.0There are 7.5 jobs in Monango for every working resident, and 59 people commute in
Working from home is the commute for 12% of workers (North Dakota 8%). Monango has 60 jobs, and 8 of its residents work somewhere. About one in seven stay in Monango for work; outside it, Edgeley is the main destination (13%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Monango
On a workday 7 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 82 people are in Monango on a workday afternoon, 173% more than live here.
7.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the people who work in Monango live
Where Monango clocks in
13% of workers
13% of workers
13% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Services make up most of the work in Monango
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monango, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 60. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monango’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Monango
of Monango workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across North Dakota: 85% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Monango
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Monango: questions
What is the poverty rate in Monango?
0.0%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Monango work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Edgeley (13%, 14 mi), Napoleon (13%, 60 mi), Ellendale (13%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Monango without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Monango, from the people who make the trip.
More of Monango
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.